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		<title>In Massachusetts, Blues Ink Pact with Partners HealthCare to Implement Alternative Quality Contract with Global Payment</title>
		<link>http://www.darkdaily.com/in-massachusetts-blues-ink-pact-with-partners-healthcare-to-implement-alternative-quality-contract-with-global-payment-20112#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jude</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Early evidence is that the AQC arrangement encourages providers to more carefully  utilize ancillary services, including clinical laboratory and pathology testing Much attention is being given to the new healthcare payment models being introduced by the Medicare program during 2012. However, quietly—and with much less publicity—private health plans are deploying innovative, value-based payment models. These [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Federal Government Agrees to Open Access to Medicare Data about Individual Doctors</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jude</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Experts predict employers will use this data to create “report cards” on individual physicians In a big step forward for public access to data about provider outcomes, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will make its enormous Medicare claims database more broadly available to the public. Both the press and the public will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Clinical Pathology Labs Take Note! Six ACO Early Adopters Seek Accreditation from NCQA</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jude</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[accountable care organizations National Committee for Quality Assurance]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.darkdaily.com/?p=10408</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Clinical laboratory managers and pathologists can expect ACOs to impact competition for laboratory services Six accountable care organizations (ACO) stepped up and applied for accreditation through the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA). In many ways, this marks the beginning of the ACO era in American healthcare. These six intrepid first-mover organizations will be familiar [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Many Clinical Laboratories, Other Providers Struggle to Transition to 5010; Likely To See Payment Shortfall</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 11:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin M Clark</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.darkdaily.com/?p=10355</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Payors also are straining to handle new payment requirements under Form 5010, say intermediaries Across the nation, providers, including clinical laboratories and pathology groups, are holding their collective breath as they wait to see whether implementation of the electronic claim Form 5010 goes smoothly, becomes a disaster, or ends up somewhere between. Just two weeks [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UK’s Association for Clinical Biochemistry Calls for Better Blood-draw Training for ED Doctors</title>
		<link>http://www.darkdaily.com/uk%e2%80%99s-association-for-clinical-biochemistry-calls-for-better-blood-draw-training-for-ed-doctors-121211#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 11:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jude</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.darkdaily.com/?p=10198</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Studies show clinical laboratories still grapple with sub-optimal specimens from emergency departments and better phlebotomy skills are part of the solution Improving the quality of medical laboratory specimens collected by the staff of emergency departments is an ongoing goal at most American hospitals. Now everyone associated with phlebotomy will be interested in a study released [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More Physician Use of EHRs Could Increase Medical Malpractice Claims</title>
		<link>http://www.darkdaily.com/more-physician-use-of-ehrs-could-increase-medical-malpractice-claims-113011#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 11:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jude</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Because they provide medical lab test results to EHRs, clinical labs and pathologists are often named in medical malpractice lawsuits Some experts predict that the great expansion in the number of physicians using electronic health record (EHR) systems may trigger an increase in medical malpractice lawsuits. Were this were to happen, clinical laboratories and pathology [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senators Baucus and Grassley Want Documents from Quest Diagnostics and LabCorp Relating to Discounted Medical Lab Test Pricing Practices</title>
		<link>http://www.darkdaily.com/senators-baucus-and-grassley-want-documents-from-quest-diagnostics-and-labcorp-relating-to-discounted-medical-lab-test-pricing-practices-111411#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 11:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jude</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two Senate committees seem interested in how certain medical laboratories offer discounted laboratory test prices to selected health insurers Is it a coincidence that discounted medical laboratory test pricing offered by the nation’s two largest clinical laboratory companies appears to now be the subject of interest for the Senate Judiciary and Senate Finance Committees? Last [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Palmetto, Medicare’s Biggest Carrier, Proposes to End Code Stacking for Molecular Clinical Laboratory Tests</title>
		<link>http://www.darkdaily.com/palmetto-medicares-biggest-carrier-proposes-to-end-code-stacking-for-molecular-clinical-laboratory-tests-111011#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 11:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jude</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Palmetto wants to implement two proposed local coverage determinations (LCDs) on February 27, 2012 Medicare’s biggest local carrier is ready to tackle the problems created when clinical pathology laboratories use code stacks to submit claims for genetic tests  and molecular diagnostics assays. Medical laboratories in eight states served by this Medicare carrier are worried about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hospitals, Physicians, and Clinical Pathology Laboratories Scramble to Prepare for Use of Form 5010 Beginning January 1, 2012</title>
		<link>http://www.darkdaily.com/hospitals-physicians-and-clinical-pathology-laboratories-scramble-to-prepare-for-use-of-form-5010-beginning-january-2012-110811#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 11:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jude</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some medical laboratory organizations risk coming up short on the deadline for implementation of 5010 standards Less than eight weeks remain before the January 1, 2012, deadline for implementation of Form 5010. Every sector of the healthcare system—from government and private payers to hospitals, physicians, pathologists, and clinical laboratories—is involved in this important healthcare reform. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Congress Is Considering Deep Cuts to Medical Laboratory Test Fees</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 10:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jude</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nation’s clinical laboratories may see significant reductions in federal funding for medical laboratory tests in the 2012 federal budget Unprecedented cuts in funding for clinical laboratory services are expected from Congress in coming months. That’s because federal legislators need deep cuts from many sources to cope with the current budget crisis. It is also why [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pathology Groups and Clinical Laboratories Should Prepare for Medicare RAC Auditors</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2011 10:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jude</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[2011 is the year that Medicare expands its Recovery Audit Program to include providers such as medical laboratories and pathology groups During the next 12 months, many pathology groups and clinical laboratories will undergo their first audit as part of Medicare’s recently-expanded RAC (Recovery Audit Contractor) program. This is a big-dollar audit program. When Congress [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hospital Outcomes Transparency Gets New Tools in Washington State</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Mar 2011 10:09:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin M Clark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although designed for use by consumers, pathologists and clinical laboratory managers can use it too Tally up the State of Washington as the latest to implement a program to bring greater transparency to patient outcomes produced by different hospitals. In recent months, the rates of healthcare associated infections (HAI) in Washington State hospitals became available [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Good News for Clinical Pathology Laboratories: Medicare Officials Intend to Rescind Rule Requiring Physician Signatures on Paper Lab Reqs</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2011 09:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin M Clark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[CMS says it will take steps to rescind the final rule before its scheduled implementation on April 1, 2011 Clinical laboratories and pathology groups will welcome the news that the federal Centers for Medicare &#38; Medicaid Services (CMS) will take steps to rescind the final rule that requires the physician’s signature be on all paper [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hospital and Physician Adoption of EHRs Will Accelerate Because of Federal Incentives</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Feb 2011 11:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jude</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Clinical Pathology Laboratories Swamped With Requests to Interface Their LISs to EHRs This is the first year that hospitals and physicians can qualify for federal incentives associated with their adoption and meaningful use of electronic health record (EHR) systems. Already clinical laboratories and pathology groups report increasing demand for them to interface their laboratory information [...]]]></description>
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		<title>California’s Medi-Cal Program May Be Close to a $241 Million Settlement with Nation’s Largest Clinical Pathology Laboratory Company</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Feb 2011 11:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jude</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Quest Diagnostics Incorporated Discloses Facts About Negotiations With Medi-Cal Officials to Resolve Claims Associated with Discounted Medical Laboratory Prices In California, Quest Diagnostics Incorporated (NYSE: DGX) and several other pathology testing laboratories, including Laboratory Corporation of America (NYSE: LH), have found themselves caught in the twin jaws of a regulatory vice. At issue is the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Good News for Clinical Laboratories as CMS Delays Physician’s Signature Requirement</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Dec 2010 11:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin M Clark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Medicare Program Won’t Enforce the New Rule For At Least 90 Days Yesterday brought welcome news for all clinical laboratories and pathology group practices in the United States. That’s because the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) posted an announcement on its website that it would delay enforcement of the final rule requiring that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pathology Errors Trigger Efforts to Improve Standards in Canadian Medical Labs</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2010 13:01:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin M Clark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New National Pathology Council Will Tackle Quality Issues, But Pathologist Understaffing Remains in Some Regions In Canada, anatomic pathology has a public black eye due to disclosures of pathology misdiagnoses occurring in multiple medical laboratories over the past six years. One big lesson from these events is that public trust in the integrity of clinical [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Clinical Pathology Laboratory Manager Is Sued for Manufacturing a Fake Lab Test Report for a Sexually-Transmitted Disease</title>
		<link>http://www.darkdaily.com/clinical-pathology-laboratory-manager-is-sued-for-manufacturing-a-fake-lab-test-report-for-a-sexually-transmitted-disease-092910#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Sep 2010 10:09:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin M Clark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ex-employee of Quest Diagnostics allegedly also breached patient privacy laws By manufacturing a fake positive clinical pathology laboratory test report for a sexually transmitted disease (STD), a medical laboratory manager in Alton, Illinois, set in motion a series of events that made headlines in St. Louis-area newspapers earlier this year. These actions also generated a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Update on United HealthCare&#8217;s Plan to Fine Physicians for Using Out-of-Network Labs</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Apr 2010 15:20:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin M Clark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apparently physicians in several states besides New Jersey are catching the attention of their insurance regulators over UnitedHealthcare’s effort to fine doctors who continue to use out-of-network laboratories. Now, state authorities in Texas, Connecticut, Iowa, Florida, and California have joined New Jersey state regulators by announcing plans to review the legality of the $50 fine [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LabCorp Stops Selling OvaSure Ovarian Cancer Test after FDA Letter</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 05:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin M Clark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Facing pressure by the Food and Drug Administration over its OvaSure test for ovarian cancer, Laboratory Corporation of America announced last Friday in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing that it had stopped sales of the test. The dispute between the FDA  and the nation&#8217;s second largest laboratory company will be closely watched for insights [...]]]></description>
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